Google Employee Alleges Discrimination Against Pregnant Women in Viral Memo
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#2The memo, since it's not actually linked in this Vice article, for anyone who would rather read the source material than the editorializing:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6240022-I-m-Not-Retu...
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#3Changing internal Google policies isn't enough. America needs stronger worker protection laws.
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#4I've spent most entire career at relatively small companies (25-100 employees). I've never seen these types of issues (I can't say they've never happened, I'm just not aware of any).
In fact, reading these stories is probably why I've never had the desire to apply to work at any of the large tech companies.
I can't say for certain what the differences are, but I think smaller companies tend of have less office politics, less ambition as there is less opportunity for promotion, more shared goals (everyone works on one product), fewer layers of management, and more personal interaction with management.
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#5It's always gamble to go to HR
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#6I'm wondering, does anyone have any stories of involving HR in a situation like this (less-than-overt discrimination or harassment from a person more senior/important than you) and getting a positive outcome? At this point whenever I read that someone "reached out to HR to ask for help in navigating the situation" I assume that the main outcome will be to put the company on notice that they need to start working on their paper trail for when you inevitably quit or get fired. But I suppose I wouldn't hear the happy stories as often as the unhappy ones.
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#7I'm wondering, does anyone have any stories of involving HR in a situation like this (less-than-overt discrimination or harassment from a person more senior/important than you) and getting a positive outcome? At this point whenever I read that someone "reached out to HR to ask for help in navigating the situation" I assume that the main outcome will be to put the company on notice that they need to start working on t…
HR exists to protect the company, full stop. They are only interested in the workers insofar as they reveal potential legal liabilities for the company.
It is almost always better to first talk to outside legal representation to understand the landscape. If there are actual law violations, they will help properly document and possibly start preparing a case, and if not then you know you should prepare to leave the company.
EDIT: surprised at the downvotes here, this is common knowledge for workers in all industries, not just tech, and this has been discussed at length every time a similar issue arises.
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#8I feel like "you should take medical leave" is Google HR's answer to everything. Is that normal?
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#9I'm wondering, does anyone have any stories of involving HR in a situation like this (less-than-overt discrimination or harassment from a person more senior/important than you) and getting a positive outcome? At this point whenever I read that someone "reached out to HR to ask for help in navigating the situation" I assume that the main outcome will be to put the company on notice that they need to start working on t…
HR exists to protect the company, full stop. They are only interested in the workers insofar as they reveal potential legal liabilities for the company. It is almost always better to first talk to outside legal representation to understand the landscape. If there are actual law violations, they will help properly document and possibly start preparing a case, and if not then you know you should prepare to leave the co…
> It is almost always better to first talk to outside legal representation to understand the landscape. If there are actual law violations, they will help properly document and possibly start preparing a case, and if not then you know you should prepare to leave the company.
Assuming you have already agreed to legally binding arbitration as is pretty much standard in all employee contracts (although thankfully a recent law banned this practice in California for employees hired in 2019 or later), how useful is it to go to a lawyer? It just seems like the system is designed to work against you.
I have never actually gone through the binding arbitration process, so my knowledge of this is very limited.
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#10If I don't play soccer for 4 months I doubt whether i will be selected for the most competitive team after returning.
and 2) you were probably in that position as the 1% of the 1% of the 1% who was willing to sacrifice everything to get that role. If the cards turn they select another 1% of the 1% of the 1%.
So, harsh on personal level however, you should have known before signing likewise Messi knows he is not playing in 10 years team for Barca 1th